En route shortly after departure from Hotan Airport, China
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Embraer E190
Operator
Tianjin Airlines
IATA flight No.
GS7554
ICAO flight No.
GCR7554
Call sign
BOHAI 7554
Registration
B-3171
Flight origin
Hotan Airport, China
Destination
Ürümqi Diwopu International Airport, China
Occupants
101
Passengers
92 (including 6 hijackers)
Crew
9
Fatalities
2 (hijackers)
Injuries
13 (including 2 hijackers)
Survivors
99
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Xinjiang conflict
1930–1989
Xinjiang Wars
Kazakh exodus
Yi–Ta incident
1989–2006
Ürümqi (1989)
Barin (1990)
Ürümqi (1992)
Gulja (1997)
Ürümqi (1997)
2007–present
Akto County raid (2007)
Qaraqash County unrest (2008)
Kashgar (2008)
Shaoguan Incident (2009)
Ürümqi (2009)
Xinjiang (2009)
Aksu (2010)
Hotan (2011)
Kashgar (2011)
Pishan (2011)
Yecheng (2012)
Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554
Korla (2013)
Bachu (2013)
Shanshan (2013)
Tiananmen (2013)
Xinhe (2014)
Kunming (2014)
China–Vietnam border (2014)
Ürümqi south railway station (2014)
Ürümqi market (2014)
Yarkant (2014)
Juma Tayir assassination (2014)
Luntai (2014)
Bangkok (2015)
Aksu (2015)
Chinese Embassy in Bishkek (2016)
Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Hotan and Ürümqi in China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region.[1] On 29 June 2012, an Embraer E190 operating the flight, took off from Hotan at 12:25 pm; within ten minutes, six ethnic Uyghur men, one of whom allegedly professed his motivation as jihad, announced their intent to hijack the aircraft, according to multiple witnesses. In response, passengers and crew resisted and successfully restrained the hijackers, who were armed with aluminium crutches and explosives.
The aircraft turned around and landed at 12:45 pm back in Hotan, where 11 passengers and crew and two hijackers were treated for injuries. Two hijackers died from injuries from the fight on board. The Xinjiang government classified the incident as terrorism. The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) reviewed Hotan airport's security measures and airport security was escalated in Xinjiang. The incident marked the first serious hijacking attempt in China since 1990, and the first fatal hijacking or attempted hijacking since the September 11 attacks.
^"GS7554 Flight, Tianjin Airlines, Hotan to Ürümqi". www.flightr.net. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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